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Show CONGRESSIONAL. m:atiu Washington, 127. Logan presented tho credentials of Oglosby, senator elect from Illinois. Tho calendar and tho regular order wero laid aside for tho Louisiana bill. Carpenter :iddrosed the senate in support of tho bill reported by tlio majority ot the committee- of elections. He look the ground that the McEnery government was a fraud, and tho Kollogn eoveniment a usurpation ; and he insisted that it was the duty of congress to set both aside and provide for a fair and freo election. Morton art; nod against the bill reported by tho committee, and in favor of the hlellopg government, w.iicb. ho declares thoomy legal government, and th:it a laruo majority ma-jority of the people of Louinana were sustaining it. ScJiurz. denied this, and said the let proof that a majority eftlie poop'8 repudiated tho Keiiogg government govern-ment was that they would net pay laxee to iL At 1 XI p m. Morrill, of Maine, 1 submitted tiie report of the senate credit mobiiier committee, with a res'.ation for tho Oipui.-ion of Patterson. The report re-port present? tiie facts ascertained touching touch-ing each senator ia the cae. Logan s money receive 1 from Ames was returned. re-turned. l':ie testimony d.vs not effect Logan in any sense. Kocoe Conkuag is no wty a:V- .'o-.l. Wil-on, the commit. com-mit. e? tir.d. madt an investment in good ;r.h. on the rec r.-.mer.dalioa of A:r.es for the beri-''.t ar.d in beh-iif of his w.fe; and after rlr.dir.g thst there w.t. ome troab.e cor.;ie'tt d witii U:8 miliar, ae rK.' ed the t rv. all the pr-i: -x- A:r.s,'ar.d that hu connection with the took was entire y i.noj.jnL I: rcc-"d to Harun, the iVT.:;.r,:rt rlr.d lial he, whii" svr:arv of the intnor, in 1? "-'. reee-ved ? j'.iO trom L'urant, then vice-rresident vice-rresident of the U 1. R. R.. a-.d while the conir,i;"i'.i'e H r o r. g , y r e p r e r. e r. d the use of mor.v for t:.e y;uirpi'f-s. this was ev;dert'y given f r. to A.d an election: ' ar.d whiie'they re.lect upon the motives of D'rant. l-ey say lhat it docs Lot &p-paar &p-paar itai liar.aa was ir.i fenced in iua action, as a senator, by the transaction: and while the receipt and tise oi the money is open to censure, the evidence adduced failed to prove lhat Harlan was jenced improperly by the gift. In thecase of Patterson, the committee Fys the evidence leaves little doubt of his purchase of thirty shares of credit mobiiier mobi-iier stock, and that be must. have been cognizant either at tha time, or nt long subseuentlv, of the nature of the corporation, cor-poration, and the relations between it ar.d the Union Pacinc. The committee say the evidence shows that Pa::er;on was familiar with the operations of Ames, and he had frequent dealings deal-ings with him in stocks and bonds of the Union Pacific road. They also find that Patterson, when examined before the committees of both branches of congress, gave a false account of the actions between himself and Ames, suppressed sup-pressed material facts, and denied the existence of other material facts, which must have been known to him. The committee com-mittee have reached a conclusion, after most attentive consideration and anxious deliberations, which they would fain wish were otherwise, but which duty compels them to declare: They submit tha following resolution: "Resolved, that James V. Patterson be, and he is hereby, expelled from his seat as a member mem-ber of tie senate." The report is unanimous. unan-imous. The committee consists of Morrill, of Maine, chairman; Scotland Wright, Republicans, and Stockton and Stevens, Democrats. Tho debate on the Louisiana question was still going on at 2.10 this morning, 2Mb, a motion to adjourn being lost. HOUSE. When the debate on the report of Poland's Po-land's committee closed, Farnsworta, for the purpose of referring the whole matter to tnepublic, moved to lay it on the table. The motion was rejected, yeas, 5'.; nays, 104- The next question was on substituting Sargent's! resolutions for those reported by the select committee commit-tee : the vote was, yeas, 110, nays, 110, Eidredge and Yoorhees having originally original-ly voted 'no' changed their votes Wave.' The question then recurred en the lirst of Sargent's resolutions, as follows ; Resolved, Re-solved, that the house absolutely condemn con-demn the conduct of Oakes Ames, a member of this house from the State of Massachusetts, in seeking to procure congressional attention to the affairs of a corporation in which he was interested, and whose interest directly depended on the legislation of congress, by inducing indu-cing members of congress to invest in stocs of said corporation. Adopted, yeas, 1S1, nays, 3u. Brooks voted in the negative. Tho next resolution of Sargent's was then voted on.as follows: Resolved, That the house absolutely condemn the conduct of James Brooks, member of the houso from New York, for the uso of his position as government director of tha Union Pacific railroad, and as a member of this house, to procure tho assigament to himself or family of stock in the credit mobiiier of America, a corporation having a contract with tho Union Pacific railroad, and. whoso interests in-terests depended directly upon tho legislation leg-islation ef congress. Adopted, yeas, 17-1; nays, 32. The next resolution included in-cluded in Sargent's substitutes, was as follows. Resolved, That the special committee com-mittee be discharged from iurtuer consideration con-sideration of this Bubject- Tho resolution was rejected, yeas, 104; nays, 114. There was more excitement during tho progress pro-gress of this vote, and more interost manifested intheresult,than in any other of the votes, as the failure of the resolution reso-lution will re-open the whole subject s to tho other implicated member. The question then recurred ou the preamble of Sargent's resolutions, which recites that the acts charged, against members were committed before their election to this house, and that grave doubts exist as to the power of the houso to expel a member for offenses committed prior to his election, and not connected with such election. Sargent moved to lay . t),D n,n.mhl0 nn thfl tahln. Ejcitf.fi In- . quiries from a number of members discovered dis-covered that the etlbet of this motion, if adopted, would he to carry the whole ! subject to the table, and put an end to the whole affair. The motion was rejected, re-jected, yeas, 76:nays, 131. Tho preamble was then rejected, yeas, 9S; nays, 113. Halo moved to recommit the report to tho select committee, and moved the previous question, which the houso ro-fused, ro-fused, by 70 to to second. Wood then offered a resolution, condemning con-demning Hooper, of Massachusetts, Dawes, Kelley, Scotield, Garfield and Bingham, for thoir connection with credit mobiiier. Tho resolution was ruled out on a point of order, by Randall, Ran-dall, that a resolution of censure must bo confined to one individual. Spear, of Pennsylvania, then offered a resolution resolu-tion reciting the connection of Kelley.of Pennsylvania, with the credit mobiiier, and declaring that he deserves and should receive tho unqualified censure of the house, but the houso by lib to t2, decided to consider it now. A number of substitutes were suggested, but Spear declined to allow any of thom to bo received. re-ceived. Spoar jjroposed to yield half of his hour to Kelley. Kolley desired Spear to make his arraignment, so ho, Kelley, might hear whereof he was accused, ac-cused, and the grounds upon which tho accusation rested. The resolution cen suring Kelley was resumed, when Kelley Kel-ley siioko briefly, saying he asked nothing noth-ing but justice. He referred to hia i record ot twelvo years in the house, and I asked where was the man to say a dollar of tho country's money ever stuck to his fingers? Houghton, Dicky and Butler, But-ler, of Massachusetts, opposed the resolution. reso-lution. Spear then justified his resolution, resolu-tion, and stated the ground for the i charge contained therein. McCrary, member of the select committee, said the facts before tho committee did not justify tho resolution; ho thought it should ho tabled. Recess was then taken till 7 p.m. On ro-assembling, a committee of conference con-ference was ordered, on tho bill distributing dis-tributing the Geneva awards. The resolution was ruled out on tho point that it was not an amendmont to any pending one. Dawes then roso, and in a vehement tone, exhibiting intense excitement, denounced tho attempt to I i adjourn the houso with an investigation i hanging over tho heads of the members. For himself, if anybody had any charges against him, let him make it now, he would take thejudgment of tho house upon it. Thore was great confusion and excitement while Dawes was speaking, which continued several minutes. Finally Maynard moved totableSpear's resolution, and it was agreed to.ll'JtoTo. Stevenson offered a resolution, censuring censur-ing Hooper, of Massachusetts, for his connection with tho credit mobiiier, but the house, on motion of Sargent, refused to consider it; and on motion of Sargent the select committee was discharged from further consideration of the matter, by a voto of 114 to 75. Tho house at 10.30 went into committee of the whole on the senato amendments to tho legislativo appropriation bill, and at 11 p.m., adjourned. |